RE: 170 DASD

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Larry,

Because I gave conflicting advice earlier in this thread, I may be
feeling a little defensive so please bear with me.  When I look through
the V4R4 System Builder, the #6817 is listed as an available feature for
the 170, the #6717 is not.  The #6717 is listed as an available feature
for those machines and expansion chassis' with an SPD bus.

I'm confused, can you reconcile your advice with IBM's documentation?
What am I missing?

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> On Behalf Of Larry Bolhuis
> Subject: Re: 170 DASD
> 
> Chris,
> 
>    The 6717 and 6817 are the same drive. 6717's mount in 170's and
> 6xx/7xx PCI
> towers. 6817's mount in 270/820 and 5074 and it's ilk.
> 
>    The 6607's are in the proper Physical tray however the connector
> will be
> incorrect for the 6x17 drives I believe. The 6607 has a 68pin connector
> plus
> address connector and power connector.  The 6x17's have an 80pin SCA
> connector
> as I recall. So you can install the drives in the machine and use the
> MFIOP
> but you will need trays if you order 6817s as those will come with the
> wrong one.
> 
>    Hope this helps!
> 
>    - Larry